A typical documentary in some sense, about a group of rockers who were and still are very atypical in all senses. So comfortable about such chaos.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 12, 2024

A documentary with some familiar shades, "Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone" is about what happens to band members after the music stops.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 23, 2022

Narrated by Laurence Fishburne, its in-depth interviews with band members, friends and fellow musicians from the punk/ska scene of the late 1980's make it so you don't have to be a fan of Fishbone to be enthralled by their story.

| Original Score: A- | Dec 6, 2019

While most of the world passed them by, Fishbone now lives on in celluloid form thanks to this spirited and admiring documentary.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Aug 6, 2019

New material is well blended with footage of the band in its prime, and even with a little too much of the latter-day psychodrama, this music-rich film ends on a high note.

| Apr 16, 2018

A fascinating, sometimes achingly depressing ride through the potential glories and everyday indignities of a life struggling with the music business.

| Apr 16, 2018

A must see for Fishbone fans.

| Original Score: B | Mar 9, 2012

It's a hearty, thoughtful, smartly assembled, vaguely complete documentary about a rock band that, even by the standards of out-there musical acts, seemed out there both in the mid-1980s and even now.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 10, 2012

It's a movie about what it's like to almost make it in the music business, but not really, not quite. It's about coming close and watching it slip away.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 5, 2012

To hear the soaring craziness of Fishbone's "Sunless Saturday" is to wonder how such musical inspiration could possibly miss.

| Dec 16, 2011

It's a much more interesting story than your usual Behind the Music arc.

| Dec 16, 2011

What makes this better than the usual Behind the Music-style doc is the frankness of its subjects and the fun way the filmmakers intersperse Fat Albert-style animation to tell their story.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 16, 2011

Even as a hagiography, though, it's pretty interesting.

| Dec 16, 2011

Anderson and Metzler collect dozens of great bits of rehearsal and performance footage as well as intimate footage between Moore and his family.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 2, 2011

"Everyday Sunshine" presents a raw lesson in how artistry and success often make incompatible partners.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Dec 1, 2011

Everyday Sunshine is an uplifting entry that rises to its task rather than letting the music do all the talking.

| Nov 22, 2011

[It] isn't the happiest movie about a band you'll ever see, but it is one of the more entertaining, and thanks to directors Lev Anderson and Christ Metzler, one of the most original.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 17, 2011

The pinnacle comes when Kendall rejoins them for an impromptu gig, stirring hope for a return to glory.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 15, 2011

Hold on to your hats for a heartwarming look into the private lives and public outrage of Fishbone, the critical mass that refuses to melt down.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Oct 31, 2011

Gets the job done, and admirably, blending interviews, testimonials, concert footage and, interestingly, animation to build a full and engaging portrait of Fishbone.

| Original Score: 3/3 | Oct 28, 2011